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Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon: where the Táin Bó Cúailnge began
(Archaeology Ireland Heritage Guide No. 44, 2009)A summary account of the royal site of Rathcroghan famous in early Irish epic literature as the seat of Queen Maeve and the place where the great cattle raid of Cooley began. Rich in legend and archaeology, this account ... -
Rathcroghan: a royal site in Connacht
(Journal of Irish Archaeology, 1983)A short study of the archaeology and mythology of the royal site of Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon, which formed the basis for the author's monograph (with J. Fenwick and K. Barton) Rathcroghan. Archaeological and Geophysical ... -
Reconsidering the exclusion of metaphysics in human geography
(Fabrizio Serra Editore, 1997-05)From its beginning as a systematic branch of knowledge, human geography was strongly influenced by developments in the other branches of the social sciences. Once a predominantly descriptive and ideographic discipline, ... -
Regimes of performance: practices of the normalised self in the neoliberal university
(Taylor & Francis, 2013-11-07)Universities today inescapably find themselves part of nationally and globally competitive networks that appear firmly inflected by neoliberal concerns of rankings, benchmarking and productivity. This, of course, has in ... -
Rindoon Castle, Co. Roscommon: a border castle on the Irish frontier.
(Publications du CRAHAM, Château Gaillard, Université de Caen., 2014)Rindoon Castle controlled and dominated one of the best harbours along the Shannon. It was argued that a pre-Norman promontory fort never existed at Rindoon. Instead, it is suggested that these earthworks represent the ... -
The role of headwater wetlands in altering stream flow and chemistry in a Maine, USA catchment
(Wiley for American Water Resources Association, 2011-03-28)Headwater wetlands, including hillside seeps, may contribute to downstream systems disproportionately to their relatively small size. We quantified the hydrology and chemistry of headwater wetlands in a central Maine, ... -
The role of telematics in integrating Ireland into Europe's information society
(Taylor & Francis, 2002)This article is an evaluation of Ireland’s participation in the Telematics Applications Programme (TAP), which was part of the European Commission’s Fourth Framework Programme for the period 1994–1998. TAP was primarily ... -
The rural as a return migration destination
(De Gruyter Open, 2012-02-24)This paper investigates the phenomenon of return migration to rural areas through exploring how different conceptual approaches address issues of population return, and the significance of the rural as a return migration ... -
The sacral landscape of Tara: a preliminary exploration
(2011)In a preliminary exploration of the Tara landscape, this article examines features of the land between the twin hills of Tara and of Skreen, a broad valley through which flows the Gabhra river and now crudely divided by ... -
School choice and school catchment: Post‐primary education in Galway city
(Taylor & Francis, 1984)While research to date at the national level has adequately illustrated the nature and extent of class bias in Irish education, there has been little attempt to examine the spatial organisation of the system at the local ... -
Securitizing instability: The US military and full spectrum operations
(SAGE Publications, 2015-01-01)This paper examines the recent broadening of the US military’s overseas mission into what it calls ‘full spectrum operations’ and critiques how it is being enabled by what I term ‘full spectrum law’. The paper explores the ... -
Social spatiality: some rudimentary thoughts on the epistemology of Benno Werlen
(Copernicus Publications, 2014)Benno Werlen requires no introduction to readers of Geographica Helvetica: arguably the most internationally resonating of names amongst Swiss human geographers writing today, the Jena-based social geographer has not ... -
Spatio-temporal evolution of urban innovation structure based on zip code geodatabase: An empirical study from Shanghai and Beijing
(Springer Verlag, 2016-11-11)In today's world, the innovation of science and technology has become the key support for improving comprehensive national strength and changing the mode of social production and lifestyle. The country that possesses ... -
Stakeholder perceptions of recreational and management impacts on protected coastal dune systems: A comparison of three European countries
(2013)Coastal dune systems are particularly susceptible to destabilisation through recreational pressure and because of this, conflicts frequently arise between those who want to use the dunes for recreational purposes and ... -
Structure and event, networks and nodes in human geography: the 1960s revisited
(Copernicus Publications, 2013-05-30)In search of transnational scholarship and languages within human geography, the so-called “Quantitative Revolution” of the 1960s arguably holds considerable pride of place. More than previous innovations within geography, ... -
The sustainability of rural systems: global and local challenges and opportunities
(Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems of the International Geographical Union and the Whitaker Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, 2013)[No abstract available] -
The Sword in the Stone: previously unrecognised archaeological evidence of ceremonies of the later Iron Age and early medieval period
(2009)Published in G. Cooney et al. (eds), Relics of Old Decency: archaeological studies in later prehistory. Festschrift for Barry Raftery (Wordwell, Dublin, 2009), 425-36, this is a proof copy of an introduction to on-going ... -
The Sydney Irish: a hidden ethnic group
(Geographical Society of Ireland, 1988)The relative position of the Irish immigrant population in Australia has been radically transformed during the present century, from being the largest non-British ethnic group to one of the smallest immigrant minorities. ...